Interface formation and bonding control in high-volume-fraction (TiC+TiB2)/Al composites and their roles in enhancing properties

As interfaces play a more important role in high-volume-fraction ceramic/metal composites because of containing more hetero-phase interfaces, it is a great challenge to control the interfaces in such composites to balance their strength and plasticity and to obtain high performances. In this work, 50–60 vol% (TiC + TiB2)/Al composites were fabricated in Al–Ti–B4C system via a one-step method of reaction and densification, and their interface...